Delivery status diagnosis for industrial suppliers

Abstract

Provided are a system and method for determining a future delivery status of a purchase order. In one example, the method includes receiving delivery information about previous orders of a supplier, generating one or more models indicating whether an order of the supplier is going to be delivered on-time based on the delivery information about the previous orders, determining that a current order of the supplier is going to be delayed based on the one or more models, and outputting a user interface displaying an indication that the current order is going to be delayed. The system and method described herein can determine whether an industrial purchase order will be late at least six weeks in advance or more thus making it possible for customers to take alternative measures.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computing device for determining a delivery status of an order, the computing device comprising:
 a network interface configured to receive delivery information about previous orders of a supplier;   a processor configured to generate one or more models indicating whether an order is going to be delivered on-time by the supplier based on the delivery information about the previous orders of the supplier, and determine that a current order of the supplier is going to be delayed based on information about the current order and the one or more models; and   an output configured to display a user interface indicating that the current order is going to be delayed.   
     
     
         2 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the order comprises a purchase order and the supplier comprises an industrial supplier of parts included in the purchase order. 
     
     
         3 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the information about the current order and the delivery information about the previous orders are received from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) database of the supplier. 
     
     
         4 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine an expected delivery date of the current order based on the one or more models, and the output is further configured to display the expected delivery date of the current order on the display device. 
     
     
         5 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the current order is going to be delayed by comparing an expected delivery date of the current order determined from the one or more models with a quoted delivery date of the current order. 
     
     
         6 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more models comprise one or more regression models. 
     
     
         7 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a plurality of causes for the delay of the current order, and the output is further configured to display an identification of each respective cause on the display device. 
     
     
         8 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the information about the current order comprises an identification of a part included in the order and a supplier of the order. 
     
     
         9 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a delivery trend of the supplier over a predetermined period of time based on the current order and one or more of the previous orders, and the output is further configured to display the delivery trend. 
     
     
         10 . A method for determining a delivery status of an order, the method comprising:
 receiving delivery information about previous orders of a supplier;   generating one or more models indicating whether an order is going to be delivered on-time by the supplier based on the delivery information about the previous orders of the supplier;   determining that a current order of the supplier is going to be delayed based on information about the current order and the one or more models; and   displaying, in a display device, a user interface indicating that the current order is going to be delayed.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the order comprises a purchase order and the supplier comprises an industrial supplier of parts included in the purchase order. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the information about the current order and the delivery information about the previous orders are received from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) database of the supplier. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising determining an expected delivery date of the current order based on the one or more models,
 wherein the output user interface further displays the expected delivery date of the current order to the user interface displayed on the display device.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the determining that the current order is going to be delayed comprises comparing an expected delivery date of the current order determined from the one or more models with a quoted delivery date of the current order. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more models comprise one or more regression models. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising determining a plurality of causes for the delay of the current order, and the output user interface further displays each respective cause on the display device. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the information about the current order comprises an identification of a part included in the order and a supplier of the order. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising determining a delivery trend of the supplier based on the current order and one or more of the previous orders, and the user interface further displays the delivery trend. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions that when executed cause a computer to perform a method for determining a delivery status of an order, the method comprising:
 receiving delivery information about previous orders of a supplier;   generating one or more models indicating whether an order is going to be delivered on-time by the supplier based on the delivery information about the previous orders of the supplier;   determining that a current order of the supplier is going to be delayed based on information about the current order and the one or more models; and   outputting a user interface to a display device, the output user interface displaying an indication that the current order is going to be delayed.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the information about the current order and the delivery information about the previous orders are received from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) database of the supplier.